Apparatus for moving a cassette between storage and receiving locations
US4991041A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/686
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a magnetic tape cassette handling apparatus which is compact and reliable and which handles cassettes gently and firmly. The handling apparatus includes (a) a pusher member for gently moving a cassette forwardly into a cassette receiving location, and (b) clamping members for firmly clamping a cassette while moving the cassette rearwardly out of the cassette receiving location. The cassette handling apparatus is preferably located in a central opening of a cassette storage ferris wheel structure which is mounted adjacent to a magnetic tape recorder/player. Thus, the cassette handling apparatus loads and unloads a cassette from the ferris wheel structure into and out of the magnetic tape recorder/player.
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